Main Shayar Toh Nahin
by Abdul Raoof Siddiqui
A podcast celebrating Urdu, the language of love. An endeavor to preserve and promote Urdu Language and Literature. I am an urdu poetry enthusiast who grew up in Hyderabad, India. I was always attracted to poetry from a very young age, this love affair with poetry started with my admiration for good Hindi songs. I was always fascinated by songs that had meaningful lyrics, though tune and music are important but for me lyrics still remain the soul of the song. I slowly drifted towards ghazals and started reading the works of urdu poets. I started this podcast to create awareness about urdu literature and language. I cater to folks who cannot read the urdu script. I still consider myself a student of urdu. This endeavor has been extremely rewarding and fulfilling as I learn a lot about the works of great poets. I pursue this passion of mine in my spare time mostly on weekends. If you like this podcast. Please share it with your friends. Leave a review. Feedback is not only welcome but mu
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Josh Malihabadi
Send a text Josh Malihabadi (born Shabbir Hasan Khan; 5 December 1898 in Malihabad, Uttar Pradesh, India – died 22 February 1982, Pakistan) popularly known as Shayar-e-Inqalab (poet of revolution) was a poet of Urdu. Known for his liberal values and challenging the established order, he wrote…
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Shakeel Badayuni
Send a text Shakeel Badayuni (3 August 1916 – 20 April 1970) was a famous Indian Urdu poet & lyricist. He is best remembered for most of his songs with music director Naushad. Shakiil won three Filmfare Awards in a row from 1961 to 1963 for his songs 'Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil' (Bees Saal Baad),...
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Shahryar
Send a text Akhlaq Mohammad Khan, famously known by his pen name 'Shahryar,' was one of the leading Urdu poets and academicians in India. He was born on 16 June 1936 in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. He completed his masters in Urdu from AMU in 1961. After finishing his college, he began teaching at…
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Ibn-e-Insha
Send a text Ibne-eInsha. His real name was Sher Muhammad Khan. Ibn-e- Insha was an eminent Pakistani Leftist Urdu poet, and columnist. Along with his poetry, he was regarded as one of the best humorists of Urdu. He was born in Jalandhar District, Punjab. He did B.A. from Punjab University in 1946...
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Khuda-e-Sukhan - Meer Taqi Meer
Send a text Meer Taqi Meer - One of the greatest Urdu poets. Known as Khuda-e-Sukhan (God of Poetry) Thanks for listening! Abdul Raoof Siddiqui email: [email protected] #urdupoetry #meertaqimeer Thanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @urdu.ghazal and visit our website www.mstn.in
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Ahmad Mushtaq
Send a text Ahmad Mushtaq is one of the leading and reputed Pakistani poets known for his neo-classical tone, equally well-known in India, lives in Houston USA. Source: Rekhta Thanks for listening! Abdul Raoof Siddiqui email: [email protected] Instagram @urdu.ghazal Visit our website: www.mstn.in...
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Dagh Dehalvi
Send a text Last of classical poets who celebrated life and love. Famous for his playfulness of words (idioms/ phrases). Nawab Mirza Khan Dagh Dehlavi (1831-1905), was born and brought up in the red fort of Delhi he was the grandson of Bahadur Shah Zafar, after the fall of Delhi in 1857, he had…
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Majrooh Sultanpuri
Send a text Majrooh Sultanpuri, by creating a political symbolism in the classical tradition of ghazal in the twentieth century, proved that the genre of ghazal has the ability to express all kinds of subjects, emotions, feelings and ideas effectively and pleasingly without sacrificing its...
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Behzad Lakhnawi
Send a text Well known poet and lyricist, Behzad Lucknavi was born Sardar Ahmad Khan on January 01, 1900 at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. He hailed from a family of litterateurs. His father was also a poet of repute during his time. Being influenced by the literary environment of Lucknow, Behzad...
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Mahirul Qadri
Send a text Mahirul Quadri is known as a fine prose writer and a poet who invested in strengthening the classical tradition of Urdu poetry. He was born Manzoor Hussain on 30 July, 1906, at a place called Kaiser Kalan in Bulandshahar district of Uttar Pradesh. He passed his matriculation…
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Dr. Salim Torania - Zakhm Bol Parey
Send a text Dr. Salim Torania, MD is an infectious disease specialist from Kenosha, WI. He is also a contemporary Urdu poet who was born in Pakistan. “Zakhm Bol Parey” is the title of his poetry collection. Abdul Raoof Siddiqui email: [email protected] Instagram @urdu.ghazal Visit our website:...
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Sajida Kazmi
Send a text Sajida Kazmi is a contemporary Urdu poet from Chicago. She writes very eloquently and ghazal is her forte. I really enjoyed reading her book, "Zakhm Abhi Bhare Nahin" Abdul Raoof Siddiqui email: [email protected] Instagram @urdu.ghazal Visit our website: www.mstn.in #urdupoetry...
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Kaleem Ajiz
Send a text Eminent poet, educationist and Padam Shree recipient Dr. Kaleem Aajiz was born in a village in Patna district in the 1926. He was a gold medalist in BA from Patna College and then earned his Masters degree in Urdu from Patna University. He also got his doctorate from Patna University...
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Ali Baba Darpan
Send a text Poet & music composer, Ali Baba Darpan is one of the contemporary Urdu poets of India based out of Hyderabad. Ali Baba Darpan is a maestro of rhyme and the magic he creates with his poetry is phenomenal. You can buy his book “Darpan Ka Dil” which is in Both Urdu & Roman Script from…
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Sarmad Sahbai
Send a text Poet, Playwright, Director Sarmad Sahbai is one of the most prominent poets of Pakistan. Abdul Raoof Siddiqui email: [email protected] Instagram @urdu.ghazal Visit our website: www.mstn.in #urdupoetry #sarmadshabai Thanks for listening! Follow us on instagram @urdu.ghazal and visit our...
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Kaif Bhopali
Send a text Kafi Bhopali was a popular Urdu Poet & lyricist. His ancestors had moved from Kashmir to Lucknow and then to Bhopal. He also wrote songs for films. Chalo Dildar Chalo sung by Mohd. Rafi, in Kamal Amrohi's 1972 classic, Pakeezah was written by him. He also wrote some popular ghazals…
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Firaq Gorakhpuri
Send a text Firaq Gorakhpuri a prominent Urdu poet who reached unprecedented heights of fame & acclaim, he is considered one of the most influential and electrifying poets of his time. According to Dr. Khawaja Ahmad Farooqi, “If it were not for Firaq, the land of our ghazals would be dull, its...
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Dushyant Kumar
Send a text Dushyant Kumar was a very popular poet who started a new trend of hindi-ghazal. His poetry resonated with the conscience of readers and it has an undertone of fighting against injustice. Dushyant Kumar Tyagi Born: 01 Sept 1933 | Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India Died: 30 Dec 1975 | Bhopal,...
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Azm Bahzad
Send a text Azm Behzaad is a prominent Urdu poet. He was the grandson of one of the great poets of Urdu Bahzad Lakhnawi. He was highly appreciated for his diction and metaphors. He was adored for his ‘tarannum’. He worked as an Urdu copywriter in an advertising. He also wrote scripts for radio…
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Moin Ahsan Jazbi
Send a text Moin Ahsan Jazbi was one of the important Urdu poets of the Progressive Writers Movement. He was born on 21st Aug 1912 in Mubarakpur, Uttar Pradesh and died on 13th Feb 2005 in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. Jazbi stayed true to the classical literary tradition and embellished it with...
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Shaz Tamkanat
Send a text Shaz Tamkanat was a prominent Urdu poet from Hyderabad, India. He was born on January 31, 1933 in Hyderabad. Shaz Tamkanat was one of the real representatives of the literary traditions of Hyderabad. After completing his school education, he did his graduation and masters in Urdu...
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Majaz - Keats of Urdu Poetry
Send a text Asrar-ul-Haq ‘Majaz’ was called Keats of Urdu Poetry. His poetry is still relevant 70 years after his death. Poets like Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Sardar Jafari, Makhdoom Mohi-ud-Din Jazbi, and Sahir Ludhianvi were not only his contemporaries but also his friends. His poems have a special place...
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Aalok Shrivastav
Send a text Aalok Shrivastav is a passionate Poet, Lyricist & a TV journalist from India. Aalok's Aameen (Poetry Collection) and Aafreen (Story Collection) are critically acclaimed literary works. Aalok is the only young poet whose literary works have been sung by ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh,...
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Obaidullah Aleem
Send a text Obaidullah Aleem (12th June 1939 - 18 May 1998) is a well-known contemporary Urdu shayar. He was awarded with the Adamji Prize, which is the highest literary award in Pakistan. Abdul Raoof Siddiqui email: [email protected] Instagram @urdu.ghazal Visit our website: www.mstn.in…
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Tahir Azeem
Send a text Tahir Azeem is quite popular in Urdu literary circles in Middle East. He is the founder of Anjuman-Farogh-e-Adab Bahrain. The mushairas he organizes in Bahrain are extremely popular. Abdul Raoof Siddiqui email: [email protected] Instagram @urdu.ghazal Visit our website: www.mstn.in...
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Abid Rasheed
Send a text Abid Rasheed is quite popular in Urdu literary circles in North America. He is an engineer by profession who lives in Chicago. He is the founder of Sukhanwar Chicago & Hareem-e-Naat. His published work of poetry is titled “Dhanak” Abdul Raoof Siddiqui email: [email protected] Instagram...
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Khwaja Razi Haider
Send a text Khwaja Razi Haider is a respectable Urdu poet, research scholar and a journalist. He was born on 5th February 1946 in Peeli Bheet, UP in a well renowned & a learned family. He was associated with Qaid-e-Azam Academy, Karachi. His works of poetry include:Be Dayaar-e-shaam &…
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Ashfaq Hussain
Send a text Asfaq Hussain was born on 1st January 1951 in Karachi, Pakistan. He completed his his M.A in Urdu from Karachi university. He had been an employee of government college korangi, and Karachi arts council. In 1980 he moved to Canada where he started the urdu international that had been...
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Tahzeeb Hafi
Send a text Tahzeeb Hafi, a poet with a distinct new style. He was born on December 5, 1989 in Retra, Taunsa Sharif, Pakistan. He completed MA in Urdu from Bahawalpur University and he has a bachelors in software engineering from Mehran University, he is currently based in Lahore. Tahzeeb Hafi’s...
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Shariq Kaifi
Send a text Shariq Kaifi is a prominent contemporary Urdu poet who is equally well versed and creative in ghazal and nazm. Abdul Raoof Siddiqui email: [email protected] Instagram @urdu.ghazal Visit our website: www.mstn.in #urdupoetry #shariqkaifi Thanks for listening! Follow us on instagram...
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Nasir Kazmi
Send a text Nasir Kazmi is one of the doyens of modern Urdu ghazal. Born at Ambala in India, he migrated to Pakistan after partition and wrote extensively on the pain and sufferings of partition. Abdul Raoof Siddiqui email: [email protected] Instagram @urdu.ghazal Visit our website: www.mstn.in...
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Irfan Sattar
Send a text Irfan Sattar was born on 18th Feb 1968 in Karachi Pakistan. Currently working as Vice President for a Canada based company. His published books are: Takraar-e-Sa’at Saa’at-e-Imkaan Yeh Ishq Hai Abdul Raoof Siddiqui email: [email protected] Instagram @urdu.ghazal Visit our website:...
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Jamal Ehsani
Send a text Jamal Ehsani (29 April 1951 - 10th Feb 1998) was a prominent Urdu poet who influenced a new era of Urdu Poetry - “Jadiat”. His poetry is still popular even two decades after his demise. His poetry stood the test of time. yaad rakhnā hī mohabbat meñ nahīñ hai sab kuchh, bhuul jaanā bhī...
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Madan Mohan Danish
Send a text A famous Urdu poet from India who is popular not just inIndia but also in many other countries because of his simple & effortless poetry. He worked in All India Radio in various prominent positions. His published work of poetry: 1. “Agar” 2. “Asmaan Fursat Mein Hai” Facebook:...
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Naseer Turabi
Send a text Naseer Turabi 1945 - 2021 A famous Urdu poet & lyricist from Pakistan. He completed his M.A. in Mass Communications from Karachi University, Pakistan. His poetry book “Aks-e-Faryadi” was published in 2000. Abdul Raoof Siddiqui email: [email protected] Instagram @urdu.ghazal Visit our...
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Shakeb Jalali
Send a text Shakeb Jalali 1934 - 1966 A famous Urdu poet who committed suicide at an early age but he left his mark on Urdu literature with his profound poetry. He was a trendsetter who paved way for others to come after him. Abdul Raoof Siddiqui email: [email protected] Instagram @urdu.ghazal…
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Dr. Nadir Almasdusi
Send a text Dr. Nadir Almasdusi is a famous Urdu poet from Hyderabad, India. He has been serving Urdu Adab from last 40 years. He has been bestowed with with multiple awards, just naming few: Barae-farogh urdu from Urdu Academy of Telangana, India Karnaama-e-hayaat from Urdu Academy of Telangana,...
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Dr. Farooq Shakeel
Send a text Dr. Farooq Shakeel is a doyen of Urdu Poetry extremely popular and sought after in mushairas. He has been extremely active and contributing to Urdu Adab for over 45 years. Published Work: Safar Sanson Ka Tanqeedaat Mhavaraat-e-Adeel Mhavaraat-e-safi ka taqabli Mutala Shaakh-e-sambaar...
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Best of Season 1 - Part 1
Send a text Best of Season 1 - Part 1 what a rewarding journey this has been, we have published 50 episodes so far, sharing my favorite poetry of the first 10 episodes. It covers the work of Manzar Bhopali, Iqbal Ashhar, Tahir Faraz, Azm Shakri, Dr. Nadeem Shad, Waseem Barelvi, Dr. Bashir Badr,...
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Iftikhar Arif
Send a text Iftikhar Arif is a living legend of Urdu Adab. He was born on 21st March 1940 in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He migrated to Pakistan in 1965. He was associated with Pakistan Radio & Pakistan Television for a long time. He famous for a TV program Kasauti that he hosted. He has been…
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Irfan Siddiqi
Send a text Irfan Ahmad Siddiqui was born on 11th March 1939 in Badayun, Uttar Pradesh. He completed his education from Bareily college, Agra. He worked for Indian government’s Central information services for 35 years. In 1964 he married Sayyeda Habeeb. He died on 15th April 2004 in Lucknow....
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Amjad Islam Amjad
Send a text Amjad Islam Amjad is a living legend of Urdu Adab. He is an excellent poet, lyricist and a screenplay writer. He has been honored with many awards & the most notable is Sitara-e-imtiaz (Star of excellence). He was born on 4th August 1944 in Sialkot, Punjab. He wanted to be a cricketer...
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Wali Deccani
Send a text Trend setter classical poet who helped establish Urdu ghazal in Delhi by inspiring poets to write in Urdu. He travelled to the far ends of the south and the north, including Delhi. Vali lived in a time of political and social turmoil but sought his sustenance from the larger mystic...
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Abbas Tabish
Send a text Abbas Tabish is a contemporary Urdu Poet who is extremely popular and well respected around the world wherever Urdu speaking people live. He was born in 1961 in Lahore and is a professor in Govt. College Lahore. If you like our podcast please share it with your friends. Leave a…
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Rahat Indori
Send a text Rahat Indori is a well-renowned Urdu shayar and lyricist. He was born in 1950 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh and passed away on 11th August 2020. When he was just 10 years old due to financial difficulties he took the job of a “sign painter” He worked hard and completed his MA in Urdu...
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Anwar Shuoor
Send us Fan Mail Anwar Shuoor is a popular urdu poet from Pakistan. He was born in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh in 1943. His family migrated to Pakistan at the time of partition in 1947. He has been associated with Sabrang Digest for a long time. He writes for major news papers like Jung. His writings...
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Krishn Bihari Noor
Send a text Krishn Bihari Noor was an extraordinary Urdu Poet from India, he was born on 8th November 1926 at Lucknow. Noor sahab was a disciple of Fazal Naqvi and was extremely proficient in both, Urdu and Devanagri scripts. He was primarily known for his ghazals. He was very popular in Urdu...
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Sad Urdu Poetry
Send us Fan Mail In this episode I have recited sad urdu poetry. If you like our podcast please share it with your friends. Leave a review. Feedback is always welcome. Abdul Raoof Siddiqui email: [email protected] Instagram @urdu.ghazal Visit our website: www.mstn.in...
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Husn Poetry
Send a text If you want to express your love or want to praise your beloved’s beauty, you won’t go wrong, if you select the most expressive medium that is poetry. Husn poetry describes the beauty of love that lets an individual feel that, she is the best in the world. Urdu Poets have written...
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Ammar Iqbal
Send a text Ammar Iqbal is a young Urdu Poet form Pakistan. Ammar is a true seeker who writes ghazals and nazms and is very much appreciated for his work that brings his individuality. If you like our podcast please share it with your friends. Leave a review. Feedback is always welcome and much...
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A podcast celebrating Urdu, the language of love. An endeavor to preserve and promote Urdu Language and Literature. I am an urdu poetry enthusiast who grew up in Hyderabad, India. I was always attracted to poetry from a very young age, this love affair with poetry started with my admiration for good Hindi songs. I was always fascinated by songs that had meaningful lyrics, though tune and music are important but for me lyrics still remain the soul of the song. I slowly drifted towards ghazals and started reading the works of urdu poets. I started this podcast to create awareness about urdu literature and language. I cater to folks who cannot read the urdu script. I still consider myself a student of urdu. This endeavor has been extremely rewarding and fulfilling as I learn a lot about the works of great poets. I pursue this passion of mine in my spare time mostly on weekends. If you like this podcast. Please share it with your friends. Leave a review. Feedback is not only welcome but mu
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